Advanced Mechanics of Materials

The increasing use of analytical methods, in contrast with empirical rules, in solving the engineering problems that are continually arising in engineering industry has, in recent years, created a need for further training in the analysis of stresses and strains in various members of engineering structures and machines. There is likewise a need for a better understanding of the significance of calculated stresses in relation to the usable resistance of a member subjected to different types of loading.

It is hoped that this book may be a contribution towards filling this need both for teachers and students in institutions where a second course in strength of materials is given, and for some of the younger graduate engineers who may wish to make a further study of the subject on their own initiative and direction.